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Temporary chefs, permanent staff, private chefs – whatever you need, our chef recruitment agency will find the right people!
Chef Recruitment Agency
I Need A Chef is a chef recruitment agency with offices across Australia, offering a nationwide service for all kinds of hospitality venues.
Need a chef urgently? Fill a role in your restaurant, catering company, hotel, pub, school, resort, or aged care facility with our chefs! Explore our chef roles for hire.
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Featured Hospitality Positions
Owned and operated by hospitality professionals, we love this industry and the people in it!
We specialize in temporary and permanent placements to the industry as well as personal staff to your home
Temporary Chefs
Need to cover a temporary vacancy in your kitchen? We have the right people for the job!
Our temporary chefs effortlessly fit into your kitchen, allowing you to overcome the disruption that arises when one of your team isn’t available.
Permanent Chefs
Hiring a new chef doesn’t have to be a struggle anymore!
Our unique Try Before You Buy policy lets you employ applicants on a trial basis before making the decision whether or not to hire them permanently.
Private Chefs
Spend more time with your guests and less time in the kitchen with your very own private chef for the night!
Our private chefs bring delicious, restaurant level food to your home, corporate function or private event.
Kitchen Staff
Preparing ingredients, cleaning, storage… no kitchen can run without skilled kitchen hands holding everything together!
We can provide your business with enthusiastic kitchen hands, dishwashers, porters and more in both temporary and permanent positions.
Cafe / Restaurant Staff
Need a front-of-house position filled? In addition to kitchen staff, I Need A Chef can also connect you with experienced staff for the customer-facing side of your business.
Wait staff, baristas, bartenders… we’ll find the right people!
Catering Staff
We provide catering staff for all sorts of events, ranging from black tie gala dinners to product launches, birthdays, and everything in between.
Our experienced catering staff blend seamlessly in any venue, and work with any type of event.
Regional / Remote
Our services aren’t just limited to metropolitan cities – we provide temporary and permanent hospitality staff all over Australia.
And that includes hospitality businesses in remote and regional areas too!
Wait Staff/ Bar Staff
Every successful hospitality business needs an army of event staff ensuring everything runs smoothly.
Wait staff, room attendants, boardroom waiters, baristas, ticketing staff… we do it all. In fact, we’re so good at supplying event staff, we had to spin that branch off into its own business!
Why Choose Us As Your Hospitality Agency
Owned and operated by hospitality professionals, we love this industry and the people in it.
We are Hospitality People
All our consultants are hospitality specialists with first hand experience in the food and beverage industry
In-person Interviews
We believe in the power of face-to-face interactions. Every staff member undergoes a thorough in-person interview before being made ready for placement
Latest Tech + People
Combination of innovative technology and human support to deliver exceptional and seamless results for our clients
Skills Testing
For roles that require specific skills, we conduct in house skill tests to ensure suitability
Fully Licensed
INAC Hospitality is Fully licensed Labour hire provider and corporate member of the RCSA
Compliance Management
We take compliance seriously. Our cutting-edge software allows us to set mandatory and client-specific compliances
Join I Need A Chef
We’re strong believers in the idea that you should work to live, and not the other way around.
As hospitality vets ourselves, we truly understand what it’s like working in the fast-paced and exciting hospitality industry.
So by the time we started I Need A Chef, our resolve was firm: we wouldn’t just strive to get the best outcome for hospitality businesses – we’d also do our utmost for hospitality workers too!
Our mission is simple: to give hospitality workers like you the ultimate in freedom and choice, support you throughout your employment, provide protection and offer above award rates and conditions.
We’re A Hospitality Agency With A Difference!
I Need A Chef is Australia’s premier hospitality agency, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and the Gold Coast
We offer temporary and permanent recruitment for both front- and back-of-house operations.
With a young, personal and modern approach to hospitality recruitment, we draw on our experience in the industry teamed with intricate knowledge of the latest technologies.
We understand that no two hospitality businesses or workers are alike. Your needs and goals are unique – and so too are our solutions!
We take great care to ensure that hospitality businesses receive the best applicants, and that hospitality workers are paired with workplaces that fit their experience, passion, and ambition.
Why Hire Through Our Chef Agency?
Unlike other hospitality agencies, we’re 100% owned and operated by hospitality professionals.
We’ve been in your shoes, and understand first-hand what you’re looking for when hiring a chef or filling other hospitality positions.
As people who’ve lived and breathed hospitality for pretty much all of our professional lives, we’re uniquely qualified to help you – unlike other hospitality agencies, we get it.
We aren’t chasing that commission – we know what it’s like to be in the weeds, and how important it is to have the right person working in your kitchen. Our focus is always on ensuring we successfully connect you with that right person.
Hire Our Talent
We believe we have one of the best call out rates for Temporary staff in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and also open to discussing different pricing structures that work for you.
Need hospitality staff anywhere in Australia?
With 5 offices across the Eastern Seaboard and more coming soon. INAC Hospitality can also send staff to the farthest corners of Australia.
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Sydney
Level 2 / Suite 3 2-12 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Brisbane
Suite 18/Level 14, 167 Eagle Street, Brisbane City, Brisbane, QLD 4000
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Gold Coast
Adelaide
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Perth
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